Luke joined the Cheffins Fine Art Department in 2023 as a specialist in Old Master and 19th century pictures.
He studied History at the University of Bristol where his interest of the role of visual imagery in 16th century Europe first inspired him to pursue a career handling antique art. Luke previously worked for eight years at another auction house where he oversaw a number of varied high profile sales including two paintings by Sir Winston Churchill for over half a million pounds.
Old Master paintings are Luke’s principal passion and he has a commitment to scholarly research and connoisseurship which has resulted in a number of significant discoveries on behalf of his clients.
Luke has a particular interest in landscape painting, historical portraiture, the Dutch Golden Age, Venetian art, and the Victorian painter William Powell Frith.